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Gumbelastraea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Gumbelastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Guembelastraeidae : Gumbelastraea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Gumbelastraea Cuif, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris (Sci. Terre) 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Guembelastraea guembeli ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Guembelastraea kanmerae ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Guembelastraea martini ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Guembelastraea pamphyliensis ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Guembelastraea whiteavesi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Guembelastraea Cuif, 1976 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Guembelastraea |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Guembelastraea Cuif |
1997 | Gumbelastraea Turnsek |
2002 | Guembelastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2015 | Guembelastraea Stanley and Onoue p. 17 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!